The Thought Project - Episode 57 - Interview with Brynn Tannehill

Brynn Tannehill is a Naval Academy graduate and aviator who earned her master’s degree in operations research from the Air Force Institute of Technology in 2008. She has since worked in the defense industry as a senior analyst and research scientist. After transitioning in 2012 she has been an activist and researcher on transgender issues, including serving as a board member of Service Members, Partners, Allies for Respect and Tolerance for All (SPART*A) and Trans United Fund. She is the author of Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Trans (But Were Afraid to Ask) (Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2019). She currently works for a nonprofit think-tank in the Washington, D.C., area where she lives with Janis, her wife of 19 years, and their three children. She spoke at The Graduate Center in February 2019 at an event hosted by the Center for the Study of Women and Society and the Public Science Project.